blasting powder

noun

1. a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blasting powder¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The living, the tools, the blasting-powder, and the help eat it up faster than Orion's salary can grow.

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The new blasting powder and a destructive shell might build her the palace she deserved.

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The one little spark had found its way to a barrel of blasting powder and caused a terrible explosion.

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The blasting powder in twenty-pound cans was being passed from hand to hand to the chargers.

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Then if we are going into the mining business, better take some blasting powder.

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